Celebrating 50 Years of Social Science 7-14 November 2015
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Celebrating 50 years of Social Science 7-14 November 2015 www.esrc.ac.uk/festival #esrcfestival 2015 programme booklet_FINAL.indd 1 22/09/2015 12:21 The ESRC Festival of Social Science is a week-long celebration of the social sciences with over 200 free SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND events taking place across the UK for everyone from schoolchildren to politicians. Events include public (Re)imagining youth: public exhibition Glasgow 7-14 Nov debates, conferences, workshops, interactive seminars, Zombie science: genes of the damned Glasgow 7 & 8 Nov film screenings, virtual exhibitions, performance, and Obviously augmented breasts: the new fascination with inauthenticity Aberdeen 7 Nov much more. I'm a psychologist: get me out of here! Belfast 7 Nov The ESRC supports research and helps to guide policy HIV, mental health and minority rights Derry 7 Nov decisions to stimulate innovation, growth and business Why regret is not always a bad thing Belfast 7 Nov efficiency, profitability and success. Our research examines Track Aberdeen: touring George Washington Wilson’s city today Aberdeen 8 Nov the evidence around major issues, helping businesses, Glasgow: a datascape of Scotland’s largest city Glasgow 9 Nov voluntary bodies, public services and other organisations become more effective. Social science research generates Café conversation: Bennachie: community and archaeology Inverurie 9 Nov vital evidence and knowledge that is able to improve OPAL outdoor science Belfast 9 Nov people’s education, health, safety and wellbeing. As others see us: filmmakers and subjects Derry 9 Nov Active social bodies Derry 9 Nov CafeMED special: science in British Sign Language Aberdeen 9 Nov Data + technology = better travel? Aberdeen 9 Nov Social media: who are we talking to? Aberdeen 10 Nov Community wellbeing and regeneration Aberdeen 10 Nov Why don’t we like each other? Belfast 10 Nov RAI ethnomusicology - John Blacking memorial event Belfast 10 Nov History by numbers Belfast 10 Nov www.esrc.ac.uk/festival Social inequalities in higher education Edinburgh 11 Nov email: [email protected] Decoding workplace culture: engineering and marketing contexts Aberdeen 11 Nov #esrcfestival Cultures with more than two genders Aberdeen 11 Nov (In)dependence of the community and voluntary sector Belfast 11 Nov Capacity building for inclusion Belfast 11 Nov 2015 programme booklet_FINAL.indd 2 22/09/2015 12:21 KEY FOR A GENERAL AUDIENCE KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND SPECIFIC INTEREST FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, SCHOOLS OR COLLEGES ACTIVITY LOCATION DATE KEY SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND (Re)imagining youth: public exhibition Glasgow 7-14 Nov Zombie science: genes of the damned Glasgow 7 & 8 Nov Obviously augmented breasts: the new fascination with inauthenticity Aberdeen 7 Nov I'm a psychologist: get me out of here! Belfast 7 Nov HIV, mental health and minority rights Derry 7 Nov Why regret is not always a bad thing Belfast 7 Nov Track Aberdeen: touring George Washington Wilson’s city today Aberdeen 8 Nov Glasgow: a datascape of Scotland’s largest city Glasgow 9 Nov Café conversation: Bennachie: community and archaeology Inverurie 9 Nov OPAL outdoor science Belfast 9 Nov As others see us: filmmakers and subjects Derry 9 Nov Active social bodies Derry 9 Nov CafeMED special: science in British Sign Language Aberdeen 9 Nov Data + technology = better travel? Aberdeen 9 Nov Social media: who are we talking to? Aberdeen 10 Nov Community wellbeing and regeneration Aberdeen 10 Nov Why don’t we like each other? Belfast 10 Nov RAI ethnomusicology - John Blacking memorial event Belfast 10 Nov History by numbers Belfast 10 Nov Social inequalities in higher education Edinburgh 11 Nov Decoding workplace culture: engineering and marketing contexts Aberdeen 11 Nov Cultures with more than two genders Aberdeen 11 Nov (In)dependence of the community and voluntary sector Belfast 11 Nov Capacity building for inclusion Belfast 11 Nov 2015 programme booklet_FINAL.indd 3 22/09/2015 12:21 FOR A GENERAL AUDIENCE KEY The university living lab and collaborative research Manchester 10 Nov KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND SPECIFIC INTEREST New classical music audiences through mobile technology Manchester 10 Nov FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, SCHOOLS OR COLLEGES Entrepreneurship, wellbeing and innovation Manchester 10 Nov Partners: exploring intimate relationships through ethnographic film Manchester 10 Nov ACTIVITY LOCATION DATE KEY Working cooperatively to support older people Liverpool 11 Nov SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND Energy politics Aberdeen 12 Nov What is the point of research? Manchester 11 Nov Uprisings: political attitudes in seven Arab nations Aberdeen 12 Nov Reducing precarious employment in UK workplaces Manchester 11 Nov Get the most out of your data Glasgow 12 Nov Sharing knowledge about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Manchester 11 Nov 1+2: learning languages in Scotland’s primary schools Stirling 12 Nov Walkabout the city? Manchester 11 Nov A changing UK in a changing Europe Aberdeen 12 Nov Manchester schools' survey results event Manchester 11 Nov Should I buy flowers to say sorry? Belfast 12 Nov A community conversation Manchester 11 Nov Understanding eating disorders Belfast 12 Nov Social sciences and everyday influences Manchester 11 Nov Arts management research and practice in conversation Belfast 12 Nov Learning disabled people doing research and teaching Manchester 11 Nov Governance and data access an interactive approach Edinburgh 13 Nov Everything to gain and nothing to lose? Manchester 11 Nov Fighting for life: women, medicine and WWI Aberdeen 13 Nov Unequal me? Why inequality matters for everyone Manchester 11 Nov Our past alive: heritage in Gourdon and Torry Aberdeen 13 Nov Language matters: communication, culture and society Manchester 12 Nov Using maths for social and political studies Edinburgh 13 Nov Beyond the fracking polemic: ‘energy landscape’ game Manchester 12 Nov Making sense of migration and mobility Belfast 13 Nov CRESC annual lecture - devolution Manchester 12 Nov Reforming government in hard times Belfast 13 Nov Are you really my friend? Digital friendships Manchester 12 Nov History of the LGBT movement in Aberdeen Aberdeen 14 Nov Election 2015: six months on Manchester 12 Nov Why and when do young people start smoking? Belfast 14 Nov What makes an age friendly city? Manchester 13 Nov Discovering neighbourhood statistics Manchester 13 Nov NORTH WEST ESRC Changing World photographic exhibition Manchester 7-14 Nov Citizen social science, crowdsourcing social science research Manchester 13 Nov “My country is the whole world” - V.Woolf Liverpool 7 Nov Hard feelings: the science of emotion Manchester 14 Nov Planning festivals, making zines: learning from Ladyfest Manchester 7 Nov Youth of today: being young in Manchester Manchester 14 Nov Kids say the funniest things Manchester 7 Nov Bridging the digital divide Manchester 14 Nov The lapsed clubber - exhibition Manchester 7 Nov NORTH EAST AND YORKSHIRE Introducing quantitative methodology: working with numbers Manchester 7 Nov Science in the park Bakewell 7 Nov Asylum and the city: discussing displacement Manchester 10 Nov My country my vote Huddersfield 7 Nov 2015 programme booklet_FINAL.indd 4 22/09/2015 12:21 ACTIVITY LOCATION DATE KEY The university living lab and collaborative research Manchester 10 Nov New classical music audiences through mobile technology Manchester 10 Nov Entrepreneurship, wellbeing and innovation Manchester 10 Nov Partners: exploring intimate relationships through ethnographic film Manchester 10 Nov KEY Working cooperatively to support older people Liverpool 11 Nov SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND Energy politics Aberdeen 12 Nov What is the point of research? Manchester 11 Nov Uprisings: political attitudes in seven Arab nations Aberdeen 12 Nov Reducing precarious employment in UK workplaces Manchester 11 Nov Get the most out of your data Glasgow 12 Nov Sharing knowledge about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Manchester 11 Nov 1+2: learning languages in Scotland’s primary schools Stirling 12 Nov Walkabout the city? Manchester 11 Nov A changing UK in a changing Europe Aberdeen 12 Nov Manchester schools' survey results event Manchester 11 Nov Should I buy flowers to say sorry? Belfast 12 Nov A community conversation Manchester 11 Nov Understanding eating disorders Belfast 12 Nov Social sciences and everyday influences Manchester 11 Nov Arts management research and practice in conversation Belfast 12 Nov Learning disabled people doing research and teaching Manchester 11 Nov Governance and data access an interactive approach Edinburgh 13 Nov Everything to gain and nothing to lose? Manchester 11 Nov Fighting for life: women, medicine and WWI Aberdeen 13 Nov Unequal me? Why inequality matters for everyone Manchester 11 Nov Our past alive: heritage in Gourdon and Torry Aberdeen 13 Nov Language matters: communication, culture and society Manchester 12 Nov Using maths for social and political studies Edinburgh 13 Nov Beyond the fracking polemic: ‘energy landscape’ game Manchester 12 Nov Making sense of migration and mobility Belfast 13 Nov CRESC annual lecture - devolution Manchester 12 Nov Reforming government in hard times Belfast 13 Nov Are you really my friend? Digital friendships Manchester 12 Nov History of the LGBT movement in Aberdeen Aberdeen 14 Nov Election 2015: six months on Manchester 12 Nov Why and when do young people start smoking? Belfast 14 Nov What makes an age friendly city? Manchester 13 Nov Discovering neighbourhood statistics Manchester 13 Nov NORTH WEST ESRC Changing World photographic exhibition